Birth Control

Emergency contraception, or emergency birth control, is used to help keep a woman from getting pregnant after she has had sex without using birth control or if the birth control method failed. This page offers answers to frequently asked questions about emergency contraception.

Emergency contraception is birth control that prevents pregnancy after sex, which is why it is sometimes called "the morning after pill," or "the day after pill." Emergency contraception makes it much less likely you will get pregnant.

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